Content:

I don’t want to say too much about the content as the book is more interesting if the reader doesn’t know what exactly it is about. It is a young adult book with paranormal effects. Actually, I wouldn’t call them paranormals but the book can be compared to Twilight and so on. Sophie meets an awesome boy when crashing into his car. But this boy seems to have a secret or at least he is not totally honest to her.

My opinion:

I read the book because it is a book we give around in a Goodreads group. Before takanari read it already and she was rather excited about it. I have to admit, that I never heard about this book before and I had no idea, what it is about. Because of the title I had some ideas in my mind but they haven’t been confirmed totally. Anyway, I am very glad that this book was somehow enjoined on me as I liked it very much.

Admittedly, the book is full of stereotypes. The story that a shy, average girl meets the perfect man, we know well enough. However, that’s something we already have to accept. Here it is far from being as annoying as for example in Hourglass. Sophie is not necessarily the typical naive girl as she makes decisions, I could understand and sometimes uses her brain. The lovestory fulfills all expectations of a young adult book. She plays a big role and and the main focus lies on it while the sub-plot is the special skill of Wes, the male protagonist (no, I’m not going to give anything away). Hence the comparision with Twilight even if this shouldn’t be mentioned. There is a slight touch of fantasy, but actually everything can be explained logically so that the book is also suitable for readers that don’t like fantasy or paranormals that much. I even think that it’s a bit like science fiction even if it is not taking place in the future.

I liked the writing style very much. It is a book that can be read very fast. Only the use of commas isn’t very consistent (german edition), but that’s often the case with tranlastions. That’s why I don’t like reading them. Die story is told form Sophie’s perspective, the only logical way in my opinion. I like it when a book is narrated by the female protagonist.

By the way, I prefer the german cover to the english one. I wouldn’t be keen on the english one.